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Atheists & Agnostics

kdmorris

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4. It's incredible to me that they keep fighting

Reply to PeaceNikki (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 07:29 AM

May 2015

to not accept the results of the dating done in 1988. The blonde/blue eyed thing really makes me laugh.

The Shroud of Turin was proved to be a fake using radiocarbon dating... which the Vatican then contested in so many different ways.

In 1988, scientists at three separate laboratories dated samples from the Shroud to a range of AD1260–1390, which coincides with the first appearance of the shroud in France in the 1350s.

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PeaceNikki created a digital image of what Jesus looked like as a child. [View all] PeaceNikki May 2015 OP

I think they forgot... NeoGreen May 2015 #1

HAHAHA! Saw that on the news last night. onager May 2015 #2

Ewww. Christians probably ate it cuz they think Jesus is so tasty. PeaceNikki May 2015 #3

Sounds like a reality TV show. Lordquinton May 2015 #21

It's incredible to me that they keep fighting kdmorris May 2015 #4

Have faith, kd!!! PeaceNikki May 2015 #5

What was I thinking? kdmorris May 2015 #12

Experiment in Sophisticated Theology onager May 2015 #7

Of course, of course! n/t kdmorris May 2015 #13

Well, there are devout believers right here on DU who believe it's real. trotsky May 2015 #14

That's pretty sad kdmorris May 2015 #15

If you can't be religious without having to have physical proof (as in relics), then are you really AlbertCat May 2015 #19

Hey! Iggo May 2015 #6

Perhaps you're not getting enough Holy Spirit in your diet? PeaceNikki May 2015 #8

Oh, I'm definitely not getting enough of that good shit. Iggo May 2015 #11

There's a Shroud of Turin PROJECT? With a PRESIDENT?! mr blur May 2015 #9

I know. The money on that project is far better spent there than on the stupid poors and dumb sick PeaceNikki May 2015 #10

I don't see any image edhopper May 2015 #16

Use the force, Luke! PeaceNikki May 2015 #17

alright, edhopper May 2015 #18

Use the force, Luke! AlbertCat May 2015 #20